A new favorite of mine!

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2003)

Upon seeing "28 Days Later..." last night, I quickly added it to the list of my top-10 favorite films. I thought the cinematography was darkly beautiful and rich. It is rare that films are able to capture the environment of the horror they're trying to show effectively. The scenary fit the storyline and action perfectly! Another aspect of "28 Days Later..." that I enjoyed was the apocalyptic nuances of the film that were portrayed, such as calling the infection "Rage", as rage between people in reality may someday bring about the end of the world. Also, the idea of the necessity of women. The film has an "excess" of male survivors, and few female ones (only two that are shown to us in the film). Without women, what is the point of being a survivor when there is no means for reproduction and regrowth of human life. This is realized by some of male characters in the film, and mixed with lust, becomes yet another apparent downfall of some of the human beings in this film; the need for survival versus decency between people.
The idea of the apocalypse and survival in this film also brings into light the point that people need each other not for just physical survival, but for emotional survival. As the character, "Hannah" points out, some of the survivors might need the others more so (due to being physically weaker or slower, etc.), but all of the survivors need each other. Let's face it, if the world was basically over, and what was left was not worth bringing new life into it and starting anew, wouldn't you rather enjoy your present life as much as possible with other people, rather than making sacrifices of others just for a futile attempt at survival? Overall, I thought that "28 Days Later..." was an incredible film. I eagerly await it's release on DVD! I give it a vote of "10"!!